Norwegian oil company Aker BP has hit oil and gas at it its Froskelar Main exploration well in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. dropped to 19 units last week, according to a weekly rig count reports by Baker Hughes.
Gulf Drilling International, a subsidiary of Gulf International Services, has reportedly sold one of his rigs for demolition.
COSL Drilling’s semi-submersible drilling rig COSL Innovator has been nominated as the rig to drill at the Barryroe oil accumulation located in the North Celtic Sea offshore Ireland. Providence Resources, the Ireland-based company whose subsidiary Exola operates the license containing the Barryroe p
Beach Energy has hired a Diamond Offshore-owned semi-submersible drilling rig for drilling in the Otway Basin offshore Victoria, Australia.
Offshore driller Rowan Companies has won a contract for a jack-up drilling rig with Lundin in Norway.
Qatari offshore drilling company Gulf Drilling International has reportedly won contracts for two jack-up rigs. According to Bassoe Analytics, GDI has this week signed deals with Shell and North Oil Co. for the charter of Keppel-built Al-Khor and Dukhan jack-up rigs, for operations in Qatar. While n
Vryhof’s mooring business, Deep Sea Mooring, has signed a multi-year agreement with Diamond Offshore.
Shelf Drilling has received a contract award for one of its jack-up rigs with Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) for operations offshore Egypt.
CNOOC Limited has made a new discovery on the Glengorm prospect, located in offshore UK Central North Sea.
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has found several irregularities during an audit of the Askepott rig.
Santos will drill the Santos Roc South-1 exploration well located offshore Australia immediately after Dorado-2 well in 2019.
Indian oil company ONGC has hired six jack-up rigs from four different offshore contractors.
The weekly U.S. offshore rig count rose by one active unit this past week, Baker Hughes, a GE company, said in a report on Friday.
